After hearing what Ren Li asked, Jiao Jing knew that Ren Li had already figured out the connection.
In fact, he came to Ningyuan Hou Mansion today for two purposes.
One is to give Ren Li a beating to get him to focus on business.
A lot has happened in the past few months. After understanding the ins and outs, Jiao Jing was very sensitive and could detect that Ren Li had selfish motives.
He did not want to be a puppet of the British government, especially after becoming the governor of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion, he wanted to cultivate his own power in the court.
There was nothing wrong with this.
As Ren Li himself said, he cultivated his power under the orders of the Empress Dowager Sun. Since they were recruited under this banner, they would more or less bear the seal of the palace, which was in line with the interests of the Empress Dowager Sun.
However, be afraid of nothing.
After talking to Uncle Ning Yang, Queen Mother Sun, Princess Changde and Jiao Jing's own connections in the Governor's Mansion of the Fifth Army, they all went around.
Jiao Jing quickly guessed what Ren Li was doing during this time.
Not only was he secretly cultivating power, but he was also suppressing it intentionally or unintentionally, dividing the power of the British government and using it for his own purposes.
Luo Tong is an obvious example. He had already been attracted by the Dingxi Houfu, but Ren Li still contacted him secretly. This was simply a pure factional struggle.
You know, the Supreme Emperor is still in the north and has not returned. The emperor is pressing closer in the court, and these people are already in a difficult situation.
At this time, if Ren Li is still causing internal friction, how can he not give it a beating?
As for the second purpose, it was just as Ren Li guessed.
He was thinking about how to gather the influence of the British government once something happened to Zhang Fu.
It sounds a little inconsistent, even a little ironic.
He was still accusing Ren Li of eroding the power of the British government and causing internal friction. However, he turned around and decided to help Ren Li continue to do so.
It sounds ridiculous, but the reality is that it is so helpless.
Once something happens to Zhang Fu, the huge political power left by Zhang Fu will immediately face the risk of falling apart.
At this time, someone needs to be able to receive these powers. Even if they can only receive part of them, it is much better than a tree falling down and being scattered.
This is not an easy task.
Most of those generals recognized Zhang Fu, the old man. Being able to recognize Zhang Fu was already relying on Zhang Fu's legacy.
Now we have to replace people again, which is naturally more difficult.
So it is conceivable that even if they can be successfully gathered, more than half of these forces will be lost.
But even that small half is not so easy to conquer.
You were favored by Zhang Fu in the beginning, so if you want others to recognize you, you must at least be your father-in-law's brother or son, or have an old friendship for many years.
In addition, everyone is very strong. If you want others to obey you, you must at least have military merit.
Originally, the most suitable candidate should be Chen Mao.
He is Zhang Fu's old subordinate and has military honors. Once something happens to Zhang Fu, it would be most appropriate for him to replace Zhang Fu and continue to be in charge of those generals.
However, the case of King Zhennan caused him to be demoted and his prestige in the court was greatly reduced. More importantly, after experiencing such a failure in the court battle, it is difficult for people to believe that he can replace him in future court battles. Everyone gains benefits.
After all, even if you have old friendships, in the end everyone will follow you in order to have a smoother career in the military or officialdom.
This is why they stick together.
Zhang Min has no military exploits, and Chen Mao is in his current situation. If Zhang Fu cannot be saved, then the team that Zhang Fu has managed to manage will not be scattered. The only choice Jiao Jing can make is Ren Li.
He has numerous military exploits, and the most important point is that he was the commander-in-chief of the Battle of Zijingguan, and he bears the great credit for winning the Battle of Wala.
This was enough to make those generals believe in his abilities.
Moreover, he is now the Commander-in-Chief of the Chinese Army Governor's Mansion. It is logical to take over these forces. What needs to be resolved is the trust issue between both parties. However, Jiao Jing also has his own plans for this.
In fact, this was one of the reasons why he came here today.
Faced with Ren Li's question, Jiao Jing thought for a while and said: "This matter is actually not difficult to speculate on. It's just that in front of Zhang Shi, I can't explain it clearly. Since Ren Hou asked, I can't explain it clearly." No more secretiveness.”
Everyone now knows that Zhang Fu's life and death is the most critical issue.
Therefore, Ren Li didn't care about any taboos and said directly: "Please give me some advice from Prince Consort Jiao."
Jiao Jing organized his words, raised his hand and raised two fingers, and said.
"Two reasons. The first point was actually mentioned by the British government, but I didn't explain it thoroughly at the time. That is, why did the Jin Yiwei dare to arrest the imperial envoys in such a big way?"
"You must know that Zhang Fu and others hold the credential and imperial edict written by the emperor. They represent the Ming Dynasty. If there is no sufficient reason, doing so is tantamount to committing rebellion."
"What's more important is that they not only arrested Zhang Fu, but also detained the entire mission."
Ren Li frowned, and he could hear that Jiao Jing's focus was on the last sentence - detaining the entire mission.
"What Consort Jiao means is that the reason why the Jin Yiwei arrested people is not related to a certain person in the mission, but also to everyone in the entire mission?"
Jiao Jing nodded and said: "At least, Xu Bin, the envoy, and the two deputy envoys, Zhang Fu and Xiao Weizhen, should all be involved, otherwise there would not be such a big fight."
Ren Li's expression changed. The fact that the chief envoy and the deputy envoy were involved at the same time had something to do with the relationship at the border.
After all, the mission used to negotiate. If one of them was arrested, it could be explained as having been arrested by the Jin Yiwei for some crime.
However, the fact that all three people were detained can only mean that there was a problem with the mission's negotiations, and this issue may involve the relationship between the two countries.
After understanding this, Ren Li took a long breath, stared at Jiao Jing closely, his mouth was dry, and asked: "Then what is the second reason mentioned by the consort?"
He had a hunch that the following reason was why Jiao Jing made up his mind to start preparing for a retreat.
Jiao Jing sighed and asked: "I wonder if Marquis Ren still remembers the military report that Yu Shaobao took out in the morning? What did it say at the beginning?"
Ren Li thought for a moment and shook his head.
At the scene at that time, everyone was shocked by this beautiful victory. Their eyes were focused on the final result, but they did not pay too much attention to the specific battle situation.
So, Jiao Jing glanced at Xue Heng next to him, who immediately understood, took out a document from his sleeve, handed it to Ren Li, and said.
"This is after the morning court. I went to the Ministry of War to find connections and made a copy. Marquis Ren can take a look."
